Human Growth Hormone – HGH Boosting

Growth Hormone boosting supplements are interesting products, and a category which we’re excited to investigate, test and review. Occasionally, they can impress us with the formula inside the little capsules. Quite often, however, they make us chuckle to ourselves, or just outright gut-laugh until we start snorting uncontrollably.

The reason for this is that of all the supplement types, growth hormone boosting seems to be the most loosely monitored. The dietary supplement industry as a whole has a fairly free license to manufacture because in most countries it isn’t closely audited by whatever drug agencies (e.g. the FDA in the US) exist.

While pharmaceutical drugs and medications are inspected with hawk-like vigilance, supplements get a metaphorical shrug of the shoulders from the authorities. In fact, it’s only really when they find some dodgy stimulant or something that they will step in – and only then it takes them forever to go from “this is not recommended” to “this is banned from manufacture.”

NOTE: By the way, we won’t ever recommend anything with dodgy stimulants or unsafe compounds in it.

What the authorities certainly don’t give a toss about is whether a supplement is effective or if it’s the total opposite of effective. This gives rise to manufacturers putting ingredients in their products that sometimes sound like a witchdoctor or voodoo practitioner were involved at some stage throughout the formulation process. Deer Antler Velvet is one of our favourites.

You can just imagine some kilt wearing jocks galavanting around the highlands of Scotland, picking up the fallen antlers and stuffing it in their sporrans – all the while thinking ‘aye, this’ll fetch a pretty penny from those pill pushing jackasses!’

So, there’s a big pinch of salt to be taken with some of these ‘growth hormone’ supplements.

And that’s why we’re here to guide anyone looking to purchase, or simply looking to learn about, these products.

Why Not Synthetic HGH Injections?

Many reasons why not, really. Lots of money for one. Like thousands and thousands of dollars in the long run. Risk of infection or a bad reaction to the injections are other concerns.

And then there’s the weird bone structures and overly pronounced facial features you can develop from getting shot with HGH.

It’s also full bore hormone treatment – let’s not beat around the bush. If you’ve read the Testosterone section, then you will have gathered that we don’t and will never support this type of drug use, when there is no clear medical need to do it.

If nothing else, there is not enough of an advantage compared with the risks.

What Can A HGH Booster Do For Me?

First off, you need to understand what Human Growth Hormone does for you and why you might need or want a boost.

Human Growth Hormone – aka Somatropin – is self-explanatory to a degree. It is one of the principal anabolic hormones of the human endocrine system. That is to say, it assists muscle and bone tissue growth. Actually, it assists tissue growth, period.

In our youthful ‘growth spurt’ years, we have the most HGH we are ever going to have, surging through our system. It’s vital in that time of our life to grow into the general adult form we spend the rest of our days in. We might add or lose muscle, fat and a bit of skeletal bone mass as we live after that, but our basic template is complete before we hit our 20th birthday.

Think of it like this, you don’t buy different sized shoes after you have done with this adolescent growth spurt. You will rarely need to increase your hat size. You are – for want of a better phrase – fully grown.

After this point, our body doesn’t see the need to have such an amount of HGH, so it curtails the production quite dramatically. The thing is, there are lots of benefits to maintaining relatively high levels of growth hormone. And they aren’t a million miles away from the advantages of optimal testosterone levels.

Increased Muscle Growth

Denser, Stronger Bones

Decreased Fat Mass

Improved Mood and feelings of Vitality

Heathier Skin and Nails

More Youthful Complexion

One thing HGH doesn’t really do is increase muscle strength that much. This might seem strange considering ‘Increased Muscle Growth’ is up there at the top of the list, but with HGH it really is mostly about size.

Even rule-breaking athletes that shoot straight synthetic HGH do it in combination with steroids because it doesn’t add much of a strength advantage.

Ironically, the Growth Hormone Boosters that we might review and recommend might do more for strength as they often contain other ingredients to help with that as opposed to being comprised of HGH boosters alone.

So, Why Bother With HGH Boosting Supplements?

For some guys, size counts. Either they need it for the sport they play, or the lifestyle they lead. Even then, they might just want some more muscle definition, or the feeling of vitality and youthfulness that comes with optimal levels of HGH.

Whatever you need it for, we’ll find the best products. And remember, they when you can add the raw material, the gym is where you will shape it and strengthen it.

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